Joseph A. Califano, Jr. spent thirty years in Washington at the top of the Pentagon, on the White House staff as chief domestic advisor to the President, and in the Cabinet. He worked as an attorney for The Washington Post during Watergate and has represented clients as varied as the Black Panthers and Coca Cola. He also spent years on Wall Street and served on more than fifteen public company boards and numerous not-for-profit boards. He is founder of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA). He has written fourteen books, including Our Damaged Democracy. He lives in Westport, Connecticut.
"[Califano] turns his seasoned eye toward root causes when he
examines our democratic processes and republican structures... [H]e
is particularly thoughtful in avoiding the cheap rhetoric of
partisanship... Our Damaged Democracy is not afraid to step on toes
for the sake of finding ways to fix our broken political system."--
"America Magazine"
"In this enlightened, entertaining, and rigorously non-partisan
book, Joe Califano succinctly details the forces that have brought
us to this dangerous moment in our democracy, as well as a course
of action to restore balance to our government and hope to our
politics. If the opposition is an intimately familiar one--in the
words of Pogo, 'We have met the enemy and he is us'--then so is the
solution. What we have broken, we can mend if we have the will to
do so."
--Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-Winning
Playwright
"Joe Califano serves up a fascinating and even-handed wake up call
for we the people to understand and act to repair the damage to our
democracy. Those who treasure our freedom should read this
book."
--Tom Selleck, Actor, Producer
"No sacred cows in this well-referenced and documented book.
Califano lays it on the line about the present state of American
democracy, how we got here, and how we can save it. Couldn't be
more timely."
--Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA, Retired)
"Published at a moment which could be prove to be a historical
pivot point, Our Damaged Democracy is a cri de coeur from one of
our wisest Americans."--Michael Beschloss, Presidential Historian
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